Feature: 13-Year-Old Gazan Boy Becomes Only Breadwinner In Family In Hamas-Israel Conflict

GAZA, Feb 16 (NNN-XINHUA) – Mohammed al-Yazji, a 13-year-old Palestinian boy, lives in a small tent in Rafah, a city in the southern Gaza Strip. He is responsible for taking care of his six siblings, including his six-month-old sister Toleen. “It is too hard to be the breadwinner of my…

At Least One Killed, Multiple Injured After Vehicle Crashed Into Hospital In Texas

HOUSTON, Feb 15 (NNN-XINHUA) – At least one was killed and multiple were injured, after a vehicle crashed into an emergency room in Austin, the capital city of the U.S. state of Texas, said media reports. The vehicle crashed into the emergency room at St. David’s North Austin Medical Centre…

Sydney On High Alert For Measles Infection

SYDNEY, Feb 15 (NNN-AAP) – The health authority in the Australian state of New South Wales (NSW), has issued another public warning over measles infection, only a few days after a case was detected in the state’s north. In a statement yesterday, the NSW Ministry of Health urged local communities…

Singapore Recorded Dim Trade Performance Last Year

SINGAPORE, Feb 15 (NNN-XINHUA) – Singapore’s total merchandise trade declined 11.7 percent last year, and total services trade contracted 3.8 percent, according to data released by Enterprise Singapore, today. Oil trade contracted 16.3 percent in 2023, and non-oil trade declined 10.5 percent, which drove the decrease in total merchandise trade.…

20 Died In Traffic Accidents In Nepal

KATHMANDU, Feb 15 (NNN-XINHUA) – Twenty people were killed and dozens of others injured, in two traffic accidents in Nepal, in the past two days. A passenger bus carrying 40 passengers to Kathmandu, Nepal’s capital, plunged into a rivulet in Kapilvastu district, early today, leaving 10 dead and all the…

Mongolia Issues Warning Of Spring Floods In Capital

ULAN BATOR, Feb 15 (NNN-APA) – The Emergency Commission of Mongolia’s capital, today issued a warning of spring floods. “A projected sudden warmer temperature can cause snow and ice to melt quickly, increasing the risk for flash floods, in at least 30 locations in Ulan Bator,” the commission said in…

One Dead, 22 Injured At U.S. Super Bowl Victory Parade Shooting

CHICAGO, Feb 15 (NNN-XINHUA) – At least one person was killed and 22 were injured, as gunfire erupted, during the Kansas City Chiefs’ Super Bowl victory parade in Kansas City, U.S. state of Missouri, Stacey Graves, chief of the Kansas City Missouri Police Department, said, at a news conference yesterday.…

WHO Fears “Unfathomable Catastrophe” If Israel Ramps Up Assault On Rafah

GENEVA, Feb 15 (NNN-XINHUA) – The World Health Organisation (WHO), yesterday warned of an “unfathomable catastrophe” that the potential expansion of Israeli ground assault could cause in Rafah, a city in the southern Gaza Strip. Speaking to a virtual press briefing from Rafah, Richard Peeperkorn, WHO representative in the occupied…

Macron Calls For Hostage Release, Ceasefire In Gaza

PARIS, Feb 15 (NNN-XINHUA) – French President, Emmanuel Macron, called for the release of all hostages, including three French nationals and a ceasefire in Gaza, without further delay, to protect civilians and facilitate the massive entry of emergency aid, according to a statement released by the French presidency yesterday. Macron…

DPRK Test-Fired New-Type Surface-To-Sea Missile

PYONGYANG, Feb 15 (NNN-KCNA) – The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), test-fired new-type surface-to-sea missile, Padasuri-6, yesterday, with its top leader supervising the move, it was officially reported today. The missile, which is to be equipped by the DPRK navy, flew over the waters off the country’s east coast,…